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Munich-based Portugese producer Alkalino has earned himself a reputation as one of the most reliable re-editors around. Here, he delivers four more Heavy Cuts for disco-minded house producers, and disco heads that like it heavy. There are some familiar grooves on show - "An Angel" delivers a sturdy, locked-in 4/4 version of all-time classic "Angel In My Pocket", while "Cosmic Dust" brilliantly works a guitar-heavy, tried-and-tested disco groove - but also some reworks of lesser-known gems. Of these, it's probably the strings-and-clav-laden "Wonderful Man" that hits home hardest, though the spiraling jazz-funk stomper "Air" isn't far behind.

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Urban Warrior is the latest release on Alkalino's Audaz imprint and again sees him bring his vast DJ experience to the production sphere. "Fight For My Right" is punctuated by gurgling acid lines that shift up and down the frequency spectrum and are supported by loose tribal drums. It's an intoxicating combination and is made all the more distinctive through the use of a repetitive vocal sample. On "Tanuki", the veteran Portuguese DJ draws on a similar approach; on this occasion, the pace is quicker but the drums are just as effective, as they underpin an array of vocal samples. Closing out the release is "Storm", where Alaklino veers more towards a techno direction, the track's snaking bass leading the way.

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Having recently impressed with a string of groovy house productions, Portuguese producer Alkalino returns to the world of the re-edit. There are six sturdy scalpel jobs up for grabs, with familiar favourites and lesser-known cuts getting the cut and paste treatment. Musically, it's surprisingly diverse, touching not just on classic disco ("What You're Doing"), but also soaring '60s soul ("Come Back Baby"), calypso-soul ("Always"), '80s soul ("Throw Your Head Back") and even a spot of Yello ("Moon Sun"). All six edits are impeccably produced, mostly offering the sort of subtle rearrangements that seem to have gone out of fashion of late. As a result, it's an excellent package.

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Lino 'Alkalino' Rodriguez continues to yo-yo between edits and original productions. Following some decent deep house outings for his own Audaz imprint, here he returns to the world of edits with a ten-track collection of impressively varied reworks. Predictably, he merrily switches between styles at will, touching on '80s AOR B-sides ("Shine On"), Italo (the excellent "Let's Give It A Try"), Balearica ("Secret Life", a rework of "City Lights"), disco-funk (the bumpin' "Untie Me Down"), art-disco (Arthur Russell rework "Keep On Doing") and industrial funk (the Nietzer Ebb-ish "New Beat"). Predictably, all sound like they'd do suitable damage on dancefloors.

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If you're suffering from a post-Christmas slump and are keen to mix things up, this EP of varied edits from Berlin-based producer Alkalino could be right up your alley. Featuring six varied cuts that touch on electrofunk, P-funk, jazz and '80s electro, there's plenty of playable fodder for discerning DJs. Highlights include the talkbox funk and piano solo bizniz of "I Love It", the hustling disco-funk of "Silver Shot" (check the fabulous percussion break halfway through), the jazztime swing of "Janeiro" and the heavyweight Whodini re-cut "Something Funky". Also worth a look is the winding, cosmic oddness of "Warp" - a curious concoction that should appeal to those who like to drop a bit of leftfield disco.

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Portuguese producer Alkalino has enhanced his reputation of late thanks to a series of well-regarded original productions. Having previously concentrated on edits, he now seems fully focused on making his own music. "Hot Like The Sun" is typical of his recent efforts, mixing European deep house sounds with elements inspired by "Iberican" tribal and classic US house. The package also includes a veritable sack full of reworks, of which Panaroma Groove Express's classic deep house tweak most impresses. That said, the chiming synth-marimba vibe and tactile drums of the Tonto Dub runs it close.

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The words 'Chicago' and 'house' come to mind with this new Trax series by Audaz boss Alkalino. There's little trace of his disco influence here as he presents four tracks that could have been made in the windy city in about 1987. "Pull Me Through" begins the EP with some deep, touchy feely, soulful house goodness before the pounding snares and atonal electronics of sweaty basement anthem "Much love" arrive. Next we take a detour with the ABBA-sampling hiNRG jam "Rollercoaster 3000" before "Treat Me Right" wraps things up with some darkly sensual punky funk.

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Munich-dwelling Portuguese producer Alkalino likes to switch from original productions to deftly executed scalpel edits all the time. However, lately his fingers have been doing more of their surgical ballet on old disco tracks than flicking the faders on his own tunes. Well here's something to redress the balance - "Portuguese Hustler" is an almost seven minute long, slinky afternoon pool party jazzy house joint: all soft chords, chiming piano keys and smooth, sunny vibes.

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Portugal's Alkaline is back just where we left him, both in terms of label and ridiculously funky beat-making with a distinctive summer edge. Back on Audaz for yet another gorgeous two-tracker, the prodigious artist delivers a real dawn-on-the-back kinda lick in "Day To Day", a true head-spinner at the end of a long, explorative set of house music - SMQ's vocals are exactly up our avenue. The "Original Cut" is straighter, funkier and more deserving of a mid-evening dancefloor, but it's nonetheless impressive in terms of all-round good vibes.

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Munich's finest and Audaz head honcho Alkalino is back at it again! This guy is really hitting his stride at the moment, so don't stop we say. The vocal mix of "Need Ya" is peak time house with a slick and bumping bassline plus diva vocals and cowbells: all you need really! The "Dub Mix" does exactly what it says on the cover, for those of you less keen on the vocals. Go Alkalino!

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While his original productions have their moments, it's fair to say that Alkalino's re-edits are in another league altogether. His semi-regular digital only EPs of scalpel works are rarely anything less than essential. This latest installment, cheekily titled Not On Wax & Still Awesome, contains more A-grade material. The Munich-based Portuguese goes in hard from the off, expertly rubbing up, dubbing out and re-arranging a clav-heavy chunk of primetime disco sleaze ("The Music Plays & Plays"). There's a breezier, watching-the-Mediterranean-sunrise feel about the epic "I Got To Get Away" (an extended tweak of Central Line's "Walking Into Sunshine"), while "I Want To Steal Ur Luv" sees Alkalino delivering a sweet, extra-percussive extension of flautist Herbie Mann's 1975 disco-jazz classic "Hi-Jack".

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Maybe it was his move to Munich that inspired his conversion to house, but whatever it was, Portuguese disco edit don Alkalino's original productions have got a lot more mechanical indeed. This is not a bad thing, it just means we get less disco for now. This latest two-tracker boasts a pair of tracks that presents deep and sparse robotic house grinder "Bang The Box" and the frankly superior spooky rhythmic riser, "Dementia".

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Munich-based Alkalino (aka Lino Rodrigues) has been delivering top notch re-edits for years now, so there's no chance of him quitting, despite the title of his new series. We've seen the list of his upcoming releases, and these are certainly not his Last Edits. There are quite a few newbies on here, eight to be precise so there's a lot to choose from. Our favourites happen to be the dreamily seductive disco throb of "Body & Soul", the austere mechanics of New Order redux, "How Do I Feel" and the low slung driving space disco of "We Got It".

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Portugese edit hitman Alkalino drops two new cuts on his home label Audaz, and it seems he's in the mood for some deep and mystical house servings this time around. "Dancing With Somebody" is a true groover, a chunky dance arrangement surrounded by loopy R&B vocals, while "Dance To The House" is distinctly old-school in flavour, a mid-90's joint that has been reworked and twisted into a more contemporary disguise.

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Portugese tech deviant Alkalino makes his way back to Audaz with the second helping of the Now I Got Your Attention mini-series, a sub-sector of the man's catalogue reserved strictly for the funkier side of his skills. "Glad To Be A Man" is a chuggy, dusty house swinger complete with audacious vocal chops and beautifully delayed chords, while "Girls For Boys" opts for a deeper and more ethereal approach, giving you the finest in hip-swinging tech-house for floor action.

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By day Portugal's Alkalino is a totally on fire disco-edit dude, but night he gets up to naughtier, house-led shenanigans. This is represented in his Now That Got Your Attention series, and this third installment is probably the best yet. "Far Away" is a sublime eight-minute slice of fizzy, cosmic chug-disco a la Ajello, complete with sleazy vocals and haunted by the spectre of the Human League. "Tonight" is even better: black and velvety melancholic electro-house sprinkled with hushed female vocals and new romantic synthlines.

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Prolific Portuguese party pounder, Alkalino, appears to have fully released himself to house, delivering release after release of sizzling electronic jams that have little trace of his disco edit past. The New Light EP boasts two really strong productions, the slighty proggy tech-house mood enhancer "Beat Bons" and the EP highlight, "Mellow Biafra" - which is a totally cool accelerated retro housier with echoes of Ten City's famous laser-stab riffs.

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Is it disco? Is it minimal? No, it's Alkalino's latest release. Drawing on the tripped out rhythms of minimal house and the sample heavy approach of the disco/edits scene, he delivers "El Che". It's not clear whether the title is a reference to the revered Latin American revolutionary, but the shuffling rhythm and 'French Kiss'-style riffs do provide the basis for Alkalino to sample an uplifting vocal rant en espanol. Whether it's a call to arms or just the meanderings of a random Spanish speaker is unclear. On "Roshna", he veers more towards the kind of jazz-inflected sound of Cadenza, with hollowed out drums and a sonorous bass guiding the way.

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In a shock turnaround, house convert Alkalino has returned to his disco roots for the brazenly uplifting "Morgengrauen". There are two fizzy jams featured here: the euphoric musical fireworks of "Better Believe" and the hypnotic Afro-disco-house of "Lets Get Together". Sheer joy!

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Scene stalwart Alkalino continues to serve up new material at a furious rate. A matter of days has passed since the release of his muscular, house and Italo-disco flavoured "From Minga To The World" EP, and he's already back with another trio of original productions. There's plenty of variety, too. So while "My Disco Passion (Beats Tool)" offers a chunky, bass-heavy, percussive and filter-rich take on "French Touch" style disco-house, "People Have Stopped" is a fine chunk of deep house/nu-disco fusion rich in jammed-out electric piano riffs, breathy female vocal samples and squidgy, acid style electronic motifs. Then there's relaxed and groovy EP opener "Simple Tune", a Balearic nu-disco bubbler fit for eyes-closed moments and seaside afternoon DJ sets.

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There seems to be a real love of classic house around at the moment and Alkalino has dived straight in. "Easy" kicks things off with Alkalino's more organic retake on Rare Pleasure's Let Me Down Easy which was made famous by David Morales. Elsewhere we get infectious, elasticated funk on "Get Up", slinky, low-slung late night grooves on "Kingston Town" and meandering and moody Afro-house on "Drums Of Kenya".

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Munich Machine Alkalino is back with more well crafted grooves that you've come to expect from the man - courtesy of his always reliable Audaz imprint. Although more renowned for his edits in the past, the Portuguese producer has now made the transition to the studio proper - and producing his own creations to rather impressive effect. The most surprising thing is that it's not disco - as the slinky and hypnotic tech-house of "Flaucher" pleasantly demonstrates. Something reminiscent of the early noughties electroclash scene can he heard on the frantic groove of "Latest Joint" followed by some dirty boogie-down bounce on the tough closer "Storm 2"

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For the time being, prolific Portuguese producer Alkalino has turned his back on the re-edit scene in which he made his name, preferring instead to focus on original productions. You'll find a trio of these on From Minga To The World. He begins with the pulsating, body-jacking throb of "Remodel", where throbbing synthesizer arpeggio lines, druggy riffs and spacey electronics catch the ear, before peppering a bustling, muscular house groove with chunky bass, creepy chords and meandering spoken word samples on peak-time workout "Sagan". You'll find more rambling, psychedelic-inspired speech on deeper and slower closer "Spiritual Awakenings", which benefits greatly from alien sounding electronics, undulating acid lines and jaunty, jammed-out electric piano riffs.

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The re-edit route must be working out well for Lino 'Alkalino' Rodriguez, as he's back with another six! This time it's a total free-for-all regarding genres, with the EP covering pulsating, Bobby O-esque hi-NRG on "Angel Dust", retweaking Mr Scruff on "Groove On" and the immortal Alan Parsons Project on "Thought Control".

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Lino 'Alkalino' Rodriguez is getting straight to the point with the title of the latest release on his own Audaz label. The music featured also has a similar no-nonsense attitude, being all attention grabbing party starters. "Love That Funk" is an excellent electro-disco-boogie banger with an underlying hi-NRG feel. Ronnie Law's classic, "Always There", is subtly retweaked in sensitive fashion and likewise for Mystic Merlin's storming "Just Can't Give You Up".

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Munich-dwelling Lino 'Alkalino' Rodrigues is in a punky mood, well, for the theme his new EP at least. The music therein, however is pure funk, not punk, but there's still plenty of attitude amongst these expert re-edits. "Number One" is a vintage '70s funk anthem (a number one that never was?) in the vein of And The Beat Goes On. Elsewhere its less poppy, with "I Love" sounding like a particularly sparse grinder by Chic and "Break It" ends things with a huge Disco Inferno-style bassline and clattering drums breaks, pure dancefloor gold.

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Portuguese house producer Alkalino is back, and for the superbly titled "Weapons Of Mass Distraction", he appears to be on a Euro tip. Sure, "Let Me Kiss You" is more your soul-flecked American rhythm & blues, but "Make It Funky" is pure Latin, Kid Creole style, disco-wave mixed up with some Italo disco sleaze, and "Disco Forza" is simply awesome, raw, throbbing Eurodisco at its finest.

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More original work here from Portuguese disco don Alkalino. There are only two tracks included this time but seeing as they're both seven to eight minutes each we'll forgive him. He's in a moodier mood too this time too, with "Thebe" being a slice of acid-tinged electroclash-inspired disco with a killer psychedelic middle eight. "Pluto" explores the realms of raw and loose house as heard through a proggy punk-funk prism.

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More from Munich-based Lino "Alkalino" Rodriguez, who, having recently showcased his re-editing and original production skills, delivers a pair of previously unheard remixes. There's a warped, bass-heavy, techno-tinged late night feel to Rodriguez's version of Arno's "Lokalderby", with the Portuguese producer wrapping rave-influenced stabs and late night electronics around a booming, after party-friendly groove. There's a similarly murky feel about Rodriguez's version of Deep Blast & Ricco Rizzo's "Lufthans", with detached electronics and bittersweet melodies riding a shuffling, early morning groove. Both tracks seem designed to be played loud in dark German basements, somewhere around 4am.

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On this digital-only three-tracker, Portuguese-in-Munich Lino Rodriguez dusts down and reissues some overlooked cuts from the archives. Opener "Message & Meaning", first released in 2011, is one of his most potent house productions to date - a dense, hypnotic fusion of classic Iberian tribal house attitude, heavy African percussion, foreboding chords and gentle melodies. The previously unreleased "Glocke" continues on this percussive theme, with looser - but no less dense - African rhythms, early Chicago style vocal stabs and disco-friendly party atmos. Finally, the similarly unheard "Parcelas" sees Rodriguez travelling into late night tech-house territory via trippy electronics, heavy bass and wonky sound effects.

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Portuguese producer Alkalino has a nice lifestyle in Munich, dividing his time between DJing at exclusive venues, composing original music and re-editing forgotten favourites. For his first outing of 2015, it's the latter side of his output that takes centre stage. Fireplug boasts two more high-grade re-edits with his usual subtle house shuffle. Virtual A-side "Makes Me Ready" is a suitably classy and subtle rearrangement of a slap bass-wielding deep boogie gem, with glassy-eyed synths and soulful vocals taking centre stage. Meanwhile, "Ghetto Blues" is infectiously Balearic - all baggy grooves (solidified by additional percussion), hazy jazz guitar solos and sun-kissed acoustic guitars. Blissful and dancefloor-friendly: a perfect combination.